Mother and son celebrate graduation

Aiden Young is very proud of his mom, Kimberly Young, who is
graduating with her nursing degree May 30. He’ll be in the
audience and also attending the dinner and dance for the nursing
class of 2008.

Ms. Young decided to go back to university to study nursing when
Aiden was in Grade 1. She had already completed three years towards
a science degree, and after the experience of childbirth became
interested in pursing a career in nursing.

When Aiden finishes Grade 4 in June, they will move to Ms.
Young’s hometown of Marystown. She has a job lined up and
said it will be good for both of them to be near her parents.

The most difficult part of being a single mother during the past
four years was daycare, said Ms. Young. “Sometimes my
clinical course would run until 7:30 p.m. and I had to rely on my
sister or friends to pick Aiden up.”

Despite the demands on her time, Ms. Young managed to volunteer as
president of the Nursing Society last year and co-ordinate the
Nursing Charity Ball. This year she is vice-president of her
graduating class.

“Looking back I don’t know how I did it all,” she
said. “The academics were challenging but I studied and kept
up. I found many of the faculty members were supportive of my
situation.”

The biggest challenge, said Ms. Young, was keeping up with
Aiden’s homework and school projects. She’s looking
forward to her new life in Marystown and spending more time with
son and parents.